Netflix has big plans for January 2025. The streaming giant has new releases, including the new Wallace and Gromit film The dirtiest revengethe sixth season of the true crime series I am a killerand the Undead spin-offs Dead City and Those who live. The biggest show coming to Netflix in January is WWE Monday Night Raw. This is the first time WWE has aired any of its flagship weekly shows on a major streaming platform, although its pay-per-views will remain on Peacock for now. The first episode of WWE Raw on Netflix airs January 6th.
The streaming service also announced some important news last month, including the release date for the final part of Cobra Kaiwhich will arrive on February 13, 2025. With squid gameWith season two arriving in December 2024, season three has been announced to hit Netflix in late 2025, so the wait won't be as long as the three years between seasons one and two. Netflix also announced the renewal of Virgin River for a seventh season before the sixth season even aired, making it the streaming service's longest-running current series.
-
Black Doves
(2024) [Action Thriller] - Keira Knightley proves herself deadly in this Netflix spy thriller.
-
No good deed
(2024) [Dark Comedy] - A family wants to sell their house, but hides a dark secret from the families who want to buy it.
-
Arcane
(2021-2024) [Fantasy Animation]—Vi and Jinx go on a great adventure in the Leagues of Legends spinoff, which offers steampunk action in a dark and lively world.
-
A man inside
(2024) [Comedy] - Ted Danson stars as a retiree sent undercover to a retirement community to help solve a crime, but instead shines a light on the dark side of nursing homes.
-
Cobra Kai
(2018-2024) [Action Drama] - A return to the world of The Karate Kid, for those who thought Johnny Lawrence received unfair treatment in the original.
-
Eric
(2024) [Drama] - Benedict Cumberbatch stars as Vincent, a puppeteer in a failed marriage whose son disappears, in this disturbing drama set in the 1980s.
-
The gentlemen
(2024) [Crime Drama] - Guy Ritchie directs this darkly comedic spinoff of the film about a man who inherits an estate that also houses a drug empire.
-
The crown
(2016-2023) [Historical Drama] - An epic, Emmy-winning fictionalization of the Royal Family and Queen Elizabeth's historic reign, with an impressive and ever-changing cast over the years.
-
squid game
(2021-present) [Drama] - A violent critique of capitalism through deadly Korean children's games that swept the world when they debuted.
-
Better call Saul
(2015–2022) [Drama] - Breaking Bad spin-off focused on Bob Odenkirk's slippery lawyer actually achieves the unthinkable for many, surpassing the greatness of the original.
-
Band of Brothers
(2001) [War Drama] - Produced by Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks, Band of brothers is much more than a story of the Second World War.
-
Suits
(2011-2019) [Drama] - Before marrying into royalty, Meghan Markle stars in a drama about office politics and legal drama.
-
Sex Education
(2019-2023) [Teen Comedy] - Teenage son of a sex therapist opens his own sex counseling service for other teens and almost everything goes wrong.
-
Sweet tooth
(2021-2024) [Fantasy] - A horned boy embarks on a post-apocalyptic quest in this strange comic book adaptation.
-
Black Mirror
(2011-present) [Horror] - Increasingly gruesome technology-based episodes going to a very dark place in this horror anthology.
-
One Piece (live action)
(2023-present) [Fantasy] - A band of pirates in a fantasy world join forces (reluctantly) under the command of an annoyingly cheerful young man with superpowers.
-
The wizard
(2019-present) [Fantasy] - Henry Cavill manages to capture the audience despite saying almost nothing (except 'f*ck') in this multi-chronological high fantasy epic.
-
Stranger Things
(2016-present) [Fantasy Drama] - Pre-teens play D&D in this epic horror fantasy that perfectly combines Amblin's 80s nostalgia with an undeniable Stephen King vibe.
-
Avatar: The Last Airbender
(2024 - present) [Fantasy] - Live-action adaptation of the animated series that may actually live up to the original.
-
The Umbrella Academy
(2019 - 2024) [Fantasy] - Impeccable vibes and dark humor make this gloriously dysfunctional superhero family one of the best shows Netflix has ever created.
-
Bridgerton
(2020-present) [Historical Romance] - Regency people also love sex and gossip, in this adaptation of the successful romance series.
-
Heartbreaker
(2022-present) [Romance] - A celebration of LGBTQ teen romances, centered on two boys in love.
-
Monsters: The Story of Lyle and Erik Menendez
(2024) [True-Crime] - Two young men kill their parents in this gripping sequel to Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story.
-
Evil
(2019-2024) [Horror] - A priest, a clinical psychologist and a contractor enter a bar... and begin solving paranormal mysteries to discover the origin of evil.
-
Baby reindeer
(2024) [Dark Drama] - A disturbing story of stalking, sexual assault and obsession, inspired by a true story.
-
The Fall of the House of Usher
(2023) [Horror] - Succession meets the slasher genre, when a curse begins to destroy the children of tyrannical pharmaceutical CEO Roderick Usher.
-
Wednesday
(2022-present) [Supernatural Drama] - Return to the lives of the Addams Family, as Wednesday Addams goes to school and comes of age while learning to control her psychic abilities.
-
Terminator Zero (2024)
(2024) [Sci-Fi Animation] - The Terminator the franchise gets excited, with a new take on the time-traveling assassin arriving in the present (or in this case, 1997) to kill/protect a figure essential to the robotic uprising of the future
-
Big mouth
(2017-present) [Comedy Animation] - Scary comedy as hormones (monsters) literally run wild.
-
BoJack Knight
(2014-2020) [Black Comedy Animation] - A comedy about anthropomorphic animals living in the world with people who will make you question whether or not you need as much therapy as the characters.
If you're looking for more to watch on Netflix, you can read our lists on the 35 Best Action Series to Stream on Netflix, 25 Best Detective Series on Netflix, or, if you have less time, the 30 Best Movies on Netflix.
For more streaming guides, visit our hub for all the major services, including Disney+, Hulu, Prime Video, Peacock, Paramount+, Max, and Apple TV+.